A view of Brasenose College, Oxford

November 17, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

After an excursion into some urban sketching last week I thought I’d put up this older post. This is more like a classic view of one of the Oxford Colleges and it is of the entrance to the Old Quad at Brasenose from Radcliffe Square, with the Radcliffe Camera in the background.

Urban sketching – a drawing of shops at Temple Cowley

November 11, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

I thought I’d put up something a little different today – a bit of urban sketching from around Oxford. This is a view of what may be taken as unprepossessing shops on Between Towns Road at Temple Cowley, Oxford. A couple of the aspects that I like from this view that I like are the […]

Collecting more motorbikes – this time a Honda Monkey Bike!

October 2, 2021.Reading time 1 minute.

On a rainy day I’ve been doing a couple of drawings and some watercolouring, including this line and watercolour ‘illustration’ – this time of a little Honda Monkey bike. It continues a bit of a theme with me – of doing line and wash type drawings of motorbikes, something that I’d like to develop further. […]

The Chequers sign on Broad Street. Oxford

September 14, 2021.Reading time less than 1 minute.

This is a view of Broad Street in Oxford with the sign for the Chequers Pub in the foreground. The Chequers is actually down one of the narrow side alleys off the High Street, one of several old pubs in this part of town. The sign itself is quite qwerky, consisting of the chequred shield, […]

Urban sketching – The ‘Liason’ Restaurant on Castle St. Oxford

September 1, 2021.Reading time 2 minutes.

For a change I travelled into Oxford today, to visit the library, the Gloucester Green Market and as it happens – to do some townscape sketching. Settling for a spot on Castle Street, I set to drawing the semi derilict former Chinese ( Cantonese,Peking & Szechen) restaurant. This building is next to the Whetherspoons on […]

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